Tag: cattle rustling

Operation Maliza Uhalifu: Govt says cattle rustling has been reduced by 62%

The government, through the Ministry of Interior, has revealed that cattle rustling in the North Rift region has been reduced by 62 per cent. In a statement on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, the ministry attributed the reduction to the government security initiative dubbed Operation Maliza Uhalifu which targeted escalating banditry, cattle rustling, and violence in […]

Elgeyo Marakwet: Police launch manhunt for livestock thieves

Police in Marakwet West have launched a manhunt for cattle rustlers who raided a village and made away with 26 cows. In a report seen by K24 Digital filed at Marakwet West Police Station, the four locals complained that they had lost their cows on Sunday to armed thieves. Among the victims were; Julius Komen […]

Isiolo: Suspected cattle rustler gunned down in fierce fire exchange

A contingent of police officers drawn from the General Service Unit (GSU) on Sunday, December 2 night shot dead a suspected cattle rustler in Kasarani village in Isiolo County. In a police report seen by K24 Digital, Ebilait Leri Apailem was gunned down and a firearm make Caribine of serial number 08994 was recovered. It […]

Angry mob sets ablaze four suspected thieves, three motorcycles in Kitengela

Four suspected thieves faced jungle justice in Kitengela on Sunday, August 8 in the early morning hours. The four men who were on three Boda Bodas were said to have been out on a mission to steal sheep and goats in one of the homesteads in Enkamuriaki village, Kajiado County. This was after a herdsboy […]

12 arrested in Transmara following renewed clashes

Narok County Commissioner Samuel Kimiti says that cattle rustling has become a menace in three sub-counties.

Natembeya bans grazing in Logoman forest to tame ethnic skirmishes over cattle theft

Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya moves in to tame cattle rustling on the Narok-Nakuru border.